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Hi folks I just finished this, and I'm not sure what to make of it. It was a pastiche of ideas which do the rounds regularly on right-wing Internet sites. It also contains ludicrously garish sex scenes which are designed to shock but after a while become staid. Stylistically it is neither...

Hi folks I can't believe there's no thread for Tim Winton. I've only just discovered him, but I'm glad I did. I can't believe a writer of such calibre slipped under my radar for so long. In the last couple of weeks I've read Dirt Music and The Riders. The latter completely blew me...

Hi folks I know there are a few Aussies on this board. Did anyone get along to this weekend's bi-annual Lifeline book fair in Canberra? I did, and it was fantastic as usual. There are other Lifeline book fairs around Oz - does anyone else go to them? If so, what are they like?

I just finished this, and I have to say it was one of the best autobiographies I've read in a very long time (and I read a lot of them). For those of you not in the know, Stephen Fry is one of England's greatest wits, perhaps even a successor to Oscar Wilde. His book is the antithesis of...

Howdy fellow readers Have any of you read this book? I finished it a couple of weeks ago, and have been reflecting on it since. I have to say that it's one of the most frustrating books I have read in a long time. I don't mean that in a negative sense. The book teeters between a...

Hi folks Dan Brown is like Bird Flu - he seems to have swept the world, infecting everyone in his wake. When I sit on the bus, everyone else seems to be reading Dan Brown. My work colleagues are reading him. Even my mother reads him. I'll be honest - I find his writing cringe-makingly...

Hi folks I'd be interested if anyone has any recommendations for unknown literary masterpieces. Here's a short list of my favourites: 1) "When the tree sings" by Stratis Haviaras (1979). Hands down, this is my favourite unknown book. It is apparently out of print, which astounds me...

Hi folks I've just discovered your wonderful forum. It's nice to see a gathering of like minds. My main interest is modern literature, which I classify as being from the mid nineteenth century onwards. I enjoy reading novels from all parts of the world, but I have a soft spot for...